Leviticus 22:9

9 The priests must keep my requirement so that they don't become liable to punishment and die for having made it impure. I am the LORD, who makes them holy.

Leviticus 22:9 In-Context

7 Once the sun has set and he has become clean again, he may eat of the holy things, for that is his food.
8 He must not eat an animal that has died naturally or that was killed by another animal, becoming unclean by doing so; I am the LORD.
9 The priests must keep my requirement so that they don't become liable to punishment and die for having made it impure. I am the LORD, who makes them holy.
10 No layperson is allowed to eat the holy offerings. No foreign guest or hired laborer of a priest can eat it.
11 But if a priest purchases a servant, that person can eat it, and servants born into the priest's household can also eat his food.

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